1978_Masters_(snooker)

1978 Masters (snooker)

1978 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1978

The 1978 Masters (officially the 1978 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Monday 6 to Friday 10 February 1978 at the New London Theatre in London, England. It was the last time the Masters was held there, as the following year it moved to the Wembley Conference Centre.[1] 10 players were invited for the tournament.

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Alex Higgins won the first of his two Masters titles by defeating Cliff Thorburn.

Main draw

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Round 1
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 13 frames
 Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 2
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 4
Canada Cliff Thorburn 5
England John Spencer 3
 John Spencer (ENG) 4
 John Pulman (ENG) 4 England John Pulman 2
 Patsy Fagan (IRL) 2 Canada Cliff Thorburn 5
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 7
 Alex Higgins (NIR) 4
 Dennis Taylor (NIR) 3
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 5
Wales Ray Reardon 1
 Ray Reardon (WAL) 4
 Fred Davis (ENG) 3 England Graham Miles 1
 Graham Miles (ENG) 4

Final

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: John Street
New London Theatre, London, England, 10 February 1978.
Alex Higgins
 Northern Ireland		 7–5 Cliff Thorburn
 Canada
First session: 107–7, 71–41, 94–6, 17–69, 16–104, 13–101 (88), 14–62, 84–29 (80), 58–70, 68–48, 61–47, 72–15
80 Highest break 88
0 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks

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References

  1. [1]
    Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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    "1978 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. [3]
    "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    "1978 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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